The association between central nervous system (CNS) infections and epilepsy: Epidemiological approaches and microbiological and epileptological perspectives

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL.6, 2008, Pages 2-7

  Singh, Gagandeep ^a   Prabhakar, Sudesh ^b  

^a DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; CNS infections; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COMMUNITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COST OF ILLNESS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS;

EID: 50349092155     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01749.x     Document Type: Review

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